Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a woman who was killed in a landslide in Dorset. 22-year-old Charlotte Blackman, from Derbyshire, died when 400 tonnes of rock fell onto a beach near Burton Bradstock last month. She was on holiday with her family.

A service was held near Nottingham this morning. Her coffin was carried by her boyfriend and five other pallbearers. A memorial fund has been set up in her name, raising money to support autistic children. Phil Brewster has this report

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The family of a woman who was killed by a landslide while walking on a beach in Dorset have described today how their holiday turned into 'a living nightmare'. Charlotte Blackman, from Derbyshire, was crushed when part of a cliff collapsed.

Today she was described as an "inspirational, beautiful young lady." Tanya Mercer reports.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) Landslide Response Team have returned from Dorset with an initial assessment of the landslide at Burton Bradstock.

Their report says the landslide, which tragically killed a young woman from Derbyshire, was due to a combination of factors including fractures in the rocks, coastal erosion (that has undermined the cliff) and the recent wet weather.

Dr Helen Reeves, Head of the Landslide Response Team at the BGS, said:

“For this time of year, there have been an unusually large number of landslide events. This is reflected in the BGS National Landslide Database records which show 13 similar events have occurred in the past month.

This is more than 10 times what might normally be expected at this time of year”.

Tributes have been paid to the woman killed in a landslide on a beach in Dorset yesterday. Twenty two year old Charlotte Blackman from Derbyshire died when she was crushed by rocks at Burton Bradstock. Two other people managed to escape.

Charlotte's uncle described her as a fun loving woman who had her whole life in front of her. Richard Lawrence reports.

Dorset Police described today how throughout the nine hour operation to find a woman trapped by a landslip they had hoped they would find her alive. They told ITV West Country today that it had very much been a 'search and rescue' operation rather than a 'search and recovery' one.

After a painstaking operation the body of 22-year-old Charlotte Blackman was pulled from the rubble.

In this extended interview with Inspector Mike Darby from Dorset Police he describes what is being done following yesterday's tragic events.